St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-09-03
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

toms reply 10 the structures Of Mi. Geo.
VIM. Curtis, on the Civil tService sys-
tenn ia all that the true friends of re-
form have a right to expect, showing
ae it does that President Cleveland and
the Democratic party have redeemed
their pledges in that regard. at least to
the full letter Of the Clvil-service act.
It is frankly admitted that more Demo
Gratis than Republicans are appointed
because Republican politicians have
fostered the false idea that members of
that party had no chance, thus, deter
ring many from attempting an examina-
ton, while, on the other hand, Demo
Gratis had nothing to discourage their
sspiratiUps. Mr.. EdgertOn asserts
most positively that the political OPT
MON of the candidates for places are
not known in any case, and that all the
names of those who pass an examine
ton are rated in the order of merit on
the list of eighties. The Democrats
who have criticised the Adminlstra-
ton for failing to turn the rascals
out" fast enough, should certainly find
SEINE comfort in studying the returns
of decapitations as made by the Post
Office Department for the past three
years, which, as Horace Greeley would
say, will be mighty Interestingly
During the last fiscal year 3048 offices
were established discontinued 500;
sppointments on designations and
commissions expired; 1858 appoint
nents on removals and suspensions,
1854 appointments on change of names
and sites, 400; appointments on deaths
Of pOstmasters, $50; total number of
appointments of pOstmasters OF all
grades during the year, Is 070; for the
years 1885 and 1886, % TAI and 9547,
respectively, making IA total of 46.313
for the three years of Democratic Adj
ministra;ion, which | thiuk is pretty
fair showing from purely partisan
standpoint, your correspondent be-
lieves the "bnys in the trenches"
should ill the offices.
The great and good work of reclaim
Ing public lands from the grasping and
greedy railroad corporations, who have
forfeited their chartered rights, still
goes on keeping step to the music OF
reform aud the rights of the people.
Tbs most important decision of this
kind given in years was rendered 10y
the Secretary of the 1nterior few
DAYS since, revoking the order OF his
Republican predecessor, which with
drew from settlement, under the Pre-
emption and Homestead lawa, the lands
conditionally granted by Congress to
the Atlantic and Pacific railroad Com
pauy-amOuDtiDg to twenty-five or
thirty million acres of land, in this
ease alone; the order applies to several
other railroads as we'll and it is at
present impossible to name the vast
number of acres added to the public
domain. Every honest Western settler
will now be moved to toss up his hat
and hands and enthusiastically hooray'
for Lamar, who thus cOurageOusIy per-
forms a great public duty that enshr'nes
his name among the gods of their
humble households.
The death of Professor Spencer F.
Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, and Commissioner Of Fish
and Fisheries, is one of the greatest
cslamities that could befal the world of
science. He devoted long and useful
life to scientific researches and literary
1abors, and his works on Natural His
tory and science, entitle him to rank
with Audubon and Agassiz, with both
ef whom he has been associated I'D
their favorite fields of endeavor. Pro-
fessor Baird was truly a benefactor of
his race, for to him the people of the
United States are chiefly indebted for
the upbuilding of the Fish Commission,
the propagation of fish in all their wa
ters, and the consequent cheapening of
chat EXCELLENT article of food.
The people of the District of Column
blu are still grooming under their bur
den of debt and protesting against
their form of goverument-given them
by the Republicans which is taxation
without representation. They are car
rying q debt of more then S2l 600 000-
consuming million and quarter an
pualIy in interest and sinking fund, and
the District of Columbia would have
been bankrupt long since, but for the
fact that the United States bears half
the expenses of government. One pub-
lie meeting after another is being held.
and il agitation will accomplish any
thing relief from existing evils may be
had of the next Congress.
At last the first chapter 10 the case of
naval surgeon Crawford has ended, and
he stands convicted on two infarma-
tions, of fornication with little Eve
White, a echO0l-girl of fourteen; the
sentence ia n year in the District Jail,
but. the defendant il under bond pend
ing appeal. There ia now talk Of a
court-martial.
Bueklen's Arnfca Salve.
THO fsnef Saliva in n a world for cufs